milking parlor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of milking parlor
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Nearby, workers herded some of the animals onto a rotating platform within the farm’s milking parlor and quickly attached pumping equipment.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024
One of the two people who had antibodies worked in the farm’s cafeteria adjacent to the milking parlor — alongside farmworkers but not cattle.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024
This includes bathrooms, the expo hall and the milking parlor.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021
“You’ve got a big investment in a milking parlor, people, equipment, pastures. To only use them six months a year is just not efficient.”
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2016
Others went to the milking parlor twice a day as usual.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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